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Only by Their Mercy
1. Only by the mercy of Sri Guru and vaisnavas is it possible to attain the mercy of Krishna. 2. The mercy of sadhus and the soul’s intent desire to serve are one and the…
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Hari-katha 6 min read
Gurudeva and ISKCON
Sita once told Him, ‘Oh, look at that golden deer! Please go and bring it to me, either dead or alive. If it is alive I will take it to Ayodhya when our time of…
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Srila Sanatana Gosvami Audiobook
Our next book, Srila Sanatana Gosvami, the Sambandha-acarya, is at the printers and will arrive in a week or so! In the meantime, for those who'd like to experience the book in another medium, we…
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He is Ready to Help
1. Anyhow, if anyone comes near Nityananda Prabhu, then he is ready to help him. 2. Nityananda Prabhu is very merciful. He requests everyone, “Come to the holy dham.” 3. He has opened a market…
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Gaurahari is Very Kind
He has come to hold your hand, embrace you, take you in His lap and say, “Please come with Me, dance with Me, play with Me. You have forgotten Me and you have forgotten yourself,…
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Abhisara, the Exact Meaning
We cannot perform these services in our present stage, and the guru warns his neophyte disciples not to try. We can only pray, “When will my good fortune come, so that I will actually be…
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Radhastami Play, by the Bhaktividenta Vaisnavi Gurukula
By the students of Bhaktivedanta Vaisnavi Gurukula, in Nandagoan, who mercifully came to Sri Radhe Kunj, for Radhastami. Special thanks to Raghunatha Prabhu for arranging everything and for his wonderful service at the Bhaktivedanta Vaisnavi…
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Rupa Manjari's Service
She dresses in white on the full moon night, and also during Suklapaksa, the fifteen days of the waxing moon. She dresses completely in white when She goes out for Her nocturnal meeting with Krsna…
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Who is Real Guru
You should understand who is a real guru. He is the abode of bhakti, and he has all kinds of serving moods towards Radha-Krishna Conjugal or Mahaprabhu. He can give sadhana-bhakti, and he can also…
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Our Vision of Guru
Practically everyone in our sampradaya stresses on Gopi-janavallabha. By the grace of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, those who come to this sampradaya are mainly of gopi-bhava. Some may be of other rasas, like Srivasa Thakura, Murari…
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Remember Gaura Nitai!
1. If you are remembering Gaura-Nitai, then there will be no aparadha in your chanting. 2. By serving the mahamantra like this, you will easily attain perfection. This is the power of gaura-nama. 3. Gaura-dhama…
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The Nature of the Highest Love
They have an idea of that love, but no experience. Idea and experience are not the same. Devotees with vatsalya-bhava do not know that all the young gopis engage in intimate loving affairs with Krsna,…
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We Have Entered the School of Diksa
He gave both of them the asta-dasaksara (eighteen syllable) gopala-mantra. Dasya, sakhya, vatsalya, and madhura-bhavas are all found in this mantra; it nourishes and supports every rasa. [Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu received from His Gurudeva the…
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The Glories of Srila Bhaktivinoda
Jive doya means to have mercy upon the living entities. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has ordered us: Tell them that they are spirit souls; they are not this physical body. They are part and parcel of…
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An Entire Tree in the Seed
Each and every jiva has an individual spiritual body (siddha-sarira). We also have our own spiritual body, but it has not yet manifested; now it is in a seed stage. Just as an entire tree…
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Do You Want To Hear The Rest?
While remembering Sri Krsna and His beloved associates whom we desire to follow, being fully absorbed in discussions of their pastimes, one should always reside in Vraja. If this is not possible, then one should…
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Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura by Srila Gurudeva
He revealed the place of Shri Gauranga’s appearance at the yoga-pitha in Shri Mayapura and also begot Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati. Furthermore, by his influential and impeccable discourses, articles and books about pure bhakti, and by…
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Param Gurudeva on Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura
If Srila Thakura Bhaktivinoda had not appeared in this world, the pastime places and instructions of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu would have disappeared from the world. The entire world of Gaudiya Vaisnavas will therefore remain indebted…
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Only Manjari-bhava
Why does Raghunatha dasa Gosvami pray to Rupa Gosvami? Svarupa Damodara is Lalita-devi, and is therefore more qualified than Rupa Gosvami, who is Rupa Manjari. Yet, Raghunatha dasa prays only to Rupa Gosvami. Why? It…
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Achieve that Mood, By Hook or Crook
Bhakta-krpa, the mercy of Vaisnavas, is of two kinds: praktana (from previous lives), and adhunika (from this life). Praktana refers to mercy that comes from past births as well as the present birth. If a…
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Is Our Greed Genuine?
In this connection citta-vrtti means ‘mind’ or ‘heart.’ When our citta-vrtti eagerly desires to be like those of Krsna`s eternal associates, in other words to have the moods of those eternal associates, that condition of…
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Two Kinds of Faith
And, that bhakti which is based only on genuine greed is called raganuga-bhakti. Such greed is generated by hearing the pastimes of Krsna and the gopis described in Srimad-Bhagavatam, by reading the books of the…
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One Day You Will Have to Stop Preaching
One day you will have to leave your present preaching and become qualified to go to Goloka Vrndavana, where there is no preaching, only service. Then, from there, as Srila Rupa Gosvami came with Sri…
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The Glory of Sri Radha
Sri Krsna was present at Vamsivata, the place of the rasa dance, but He was not happy. He wanted to perform loving pastimes but He was all alone. Srimati Radharani then appeared from His left…
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